Total Crime Rate
317.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Soho Hill area has the 10th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Handsworth , and the 211th highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Soho Hill (B19 1AG) in the last 12 months was 317.2 per 1,000 residents and was 65.2% higher than the Handsworth average (192.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 56 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 66 (≈ 177.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Soho Hill (B19 1AG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 94 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near South Road (45 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Handsworth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oak Bank | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Welford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | St Michael'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Abbots Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Soho Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Soho Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Weston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Welford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | South Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | South Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | South Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | South Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | South Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Weston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | St Michael'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Vicarage Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Oak Bank | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Soho Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | King Edwards Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Richmond Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lunar Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lunar Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Terrace Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lunar Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Charleville Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Charleville Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | St Michael'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | St Michael'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Richmond Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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